Saturday

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US /ˈsæt.ə.də/ UK /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/
noun verb adv Freq #1721

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The day of the week between Friday and Sunday.

    We usually go shopping on Saturday morning.

  2. 2
    adv

    On Saturday.

    They are coming to visit us Saturday.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the day of the week between... satsat.seventh day
Word family
Forms saturdays

Etymology

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

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